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nouna request to be present
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nouna writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
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verbcall in an official matter, such as to attend court
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nounan order to appear in person at a given place and timetype of:
Definition that contains summons
- service the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- ticket a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
- serve deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- process deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- serving the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- caller someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
- citation a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
- muezzin the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day
- convocation a group gathered in response to a summons
- shofar an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions